Dear Prof. Bangerth,

May I continue this topic, for shell problems, shall we better use* IGA* 
(more faster & more robust ... vs Mixed formulation)?

  
Best,

Yaakov

On Tuesday, March 6, 2018 at 10:13:24 AM UTC+1, Wolfgang Bangerth wrote:
>
>
> Shawn, 
>
> > I tried to search but did not find an implementation of shell elements 
> in 
> > deal.II. Since this is a commonly used element, I'd like to make sure 
> that 
> > it's not me missing it. Could you please help confirm? 
>
> That depends on how exactly you define "shell elements". But if you mean 
> "elements that are not only continuous but also have continuous 
> derivatives, 
> for use in problems with fourth derivatives", then the answer is "no". 
>
> Of course, there are other approaches to solve shell problems -- maybe 
> even 
> better ones than using shell elements -- that are available in deal.II. 
> This 
> includes using mixed methods. 
>
> Best 
>   W. 
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